When I was saved in 1968, I was soon surrounded by Calvinists and it swayed my young mind. How I praise God that He delivered me from such godless doctrines. My cry was the same as King David, "Open my eyes, Lord, to the wonders of your word." I wanted His wonders, not satanic distortions.
Doing deep research into the real man in Geneva, Jean Cauvin, was one of the hardest projects I was lead to do. The #1 problem is having to dig through 400+ years of denial, sugar coating, twisting the facts of what Cauvin did and flat out omission of the evil he committed. It took 3 to 4 years and hundreds of hours digging through mountains of garbage to find the truth....the gold nuggets. As time went on I got more experience at spotting key words that will do nothing but waste my time, so I could skip over the junk and find fruit faster. The deeper I got the more my jaw slammed the floor. The craziness was the result of letting one ignorant, ultra narcissist,, vindictive man be given the sole power of all things Bible and he was NOT allowed to be questioned or challenged. Geneva Council granted Cauvin's demands that he be declared "The One & Only Voice of God on Earth" and that allow his words/writings be considered as Holy Writ,, the same as the Bible's authors. Geneva with Cauvin enforced this by torture and the sword. I could go for hours. After it slowed down, I reflected back and realized the Holy Spirit lead me to do this project. Doing any level of research or time spent was never close to my radar. But now I see at least 2 purposes for this: 1/ to really learn what truly happened in the 22 years Cauvin ran rampant and 2/ as I was finally into the gold I began seeing more and more things in Cauvin/Geneva that I saw manifested in the denomination and community I grew up in, marinating in Calvinism 24/7. I saw the bizarre superstitions, the legalism that did not make sense, the high incidence of mental illness and child molestation. The pieces dropped perfectly into place like a laser cut puzzle. All this craziness and bizzarreness came straight from 1500's Geneva unaltered into the 20th century. Then the REAL challenge formed....convince the true believers they are totally off the rails.
@@Baltic_Hammer6162 Wow, I've never heard those details. Which were your sources? I'm glad you came to see more of the truth. May God bless your pursuit.
Brother Matthew, I really cannot express how much I enjoy your weekly exposition of the Bible truths, I am praying for you and all our Canadian brothers in Christ during the current tyranny. Agape love from Florida!
Amen, brother. How any Christian can, in good faith, hold to Calvinism continues to blow my mind. It’s a deception that twists scripture by inserting unbiblical exterior beliefs into the scripture. Great video.
I was recently deceived by it I came out of it thank God he sent me some people my way and even used a john piper video where I noticed the beginning of romans made no sense to me with calvinism. That said I'm still struggling to understand how free will and God's sovereignty work together I think I might have to just submit that I won't be able to understand it until I can talk to Him face to face
Meanwhile we have a whole playlist dedicated to exposing and refuting Calvinism and showing what the Bible actually says, hope this helps. - ua-cam.com/play/PL3pJdCnnwrEdoBKyB-JPM-2fi05-9bXnB.html&si=NOWgQropwG2pNW1D
I listen to Leighton on a regular basis. He makes a lot of good points for refuting Calvinism and I like his long format videos as I spend a lot of time driving for work and that’s mostly what I listen to.
The one thing that I never got about Calvinist theology is its overt emphasis on the sovereignty of God to the point that He became a real tyrant on all levels, even deciding who will go to hell and who will commit evil. That basically flouts the belief in God as Love, because love does not kill or destroy, even less so the sanctity of life.
Isaiah 45 the word evil in the Hebrew is "Calamity" God brings Calamity on the wicked and is angry with them all day. So according to Calvin, God Hates His own Will, yet has Decreed the very wickedness that He Himself hates and punishes. Calvinism is a man centered Religion where Bible Context Never Ever go together EVER.
I heard a lot about John McCarthy and how pure his message is. I intended to listen to him but haven't gotten around to it yet. However, if this is what his sermons are about, I'll steer clear. Calvinism has done enough harm to the impression I had of God, which thankfully, by His grace, I've overcome.
Brother Matthew, I just came across your video for the first time today; thank you so much for expounding on the heresy of Calvinism and it’s evil founder/historical roots. I’ve been negatively influenced by Calvinism through much of my adult life, but am thankful to hear other believers fight against this wicked cult. Look forward to more of your studies!
Same here. All I ever knew was the reformed church (Dutch Reformed Church) and I had so many misconceptions and guilt as a result that I can honestly say the Christian religion, wasn't good for my mental health. Fortunately, I started to suspect that Calvinism has something to do with this and I started looking into it. My relationship with God has changed completely since I started realising where all my negative and harmful concepts were formed. I'm also struck by how Calvinists seem to defend their position in, what appears to me, a loveless, self-righteous and arrogant way. If Calvinism isn't a heresy, then I don't know what is. And I believe that it's done more harm than good over the centuries, putting many people off from wanting to know God. I see it as a dividing doctrine, repelling people rather than drawing them into wanting to know and love God.
Amen brother, thank you for strongly coming against this destructive false doctrine. I’ve been influenced by Calvinism, but thankfully was never sucked into it fully. It’s absolutely terrible and has taken Christians and distorted their child-like faith.
John calvin was was a reprobate with gnostic ideas I see a lot of unseemly traits in todays Calvinist’s I swear some would stick us on the bonfire today if they could Thanks for this teaching x
It’s done this several times throughout the years. I saw this in the 90s. It kills churches and then gets rediscovered again when culture shifts. It has the appearance of devotion to the truth but doesn’t purge pride. It’s a reaction to the prosperity message. It’s the flip side of the same heresy.
@@danielletracyann If the church is in a religious building; Calvinism is in there somewhere. It is placed there to be the cornerstone of the One World Religion.
As far as the writings of Calvin I’m skeptical that many people are disciplined enough to read through them enough to grasp them. However, the fruit of the TULIP brings death to churches. It has the form of godliness but produces the fruit of pride. Jesus warns us to be fruit inspectors. Meekness is the fruit that comes from Christ’s righteousness.
Thank you Brother, I, like you, have been deep into this study, it's incredible to me how many are deceived by Calvin who do not consider the whole of the man. God Bless!
You have a choice!! Deuteronomy 30:19 19 This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now "choose" life, so that you and your children may live Read full chapter
Very well said! Amen It might help (or not) to add that when we read the "Shema" (... the Lord is ONE), the ONE is more than monotheism but also expresses the absolute unity of His nature. The Lord IS and what He does is completely based on His character and nature. This is hinted at when we read ... there is no shadow ... His nature (His ways, that He revealed to Moses) are seen in His Works (revealed to the children of Israel). I went to seminary and discovered (except in Greek and Hebrew classes) that we did not use the Bible as our primary source, but books written by men who had written what the Bible "meant"! And almost every book was by a Calvanist, or sympathetic to Calvin, author. NO ONE described Calvin's life when he had power. Thank you, your voice is being heard and repeated far above the view count.
We haven't seen any record of any kind that Calvin ever repented of ALL the countless acts of evil he did in Geneva. He was surrounded by his "friends" on his deathbed and they never mention a peep about Calvin repenting.
Brother you may have heard more on this than I have, but I heard that some of the court transcripts from his time in Geneva that have been translated demonstrate what type of tight tyrannical grip he held on the city and the atmosphere they lived under. I only heard this on a podcast so I’m uncertain to the reliability. Do you know anything about this?
Yes that is true, and has been documented and proven - that Calvin was a murderous tyrant and extremely influential in the legal processes of the time. He directly was involved and to blame for much of the horrific dealings that were given out. The following are just some of His atrocities - Calvin beheaded a child for striking its parent. He imprisoned a man for dozing off during a sermon, and another man for smiling during a baptismal service. (The Minutes Book of the Geneva City Council, 1541-59. Translated by Stefan Zweig, Erasmus: The Right to Heresy). This aside from the several murders tortures, and banishments he exacted on people who expressed anything he didn't appreciate or which injured his ego. John Calvin caught his daughter and her husband and another couple wife swapping in a hayloft, and was witness judge and executioner the next day when they were burned at the stake. Calvin wrote that if he had not burned them, he would have had to burn himself for disobeying 'gods' law He is directly responsible for 58 executions, 14 of which were burned at the stake. Several hundred imprisonments. 76 decrees of exile. (“Calvin, the psychopath” by Rear Admiral Joseph H. Miller)
Sir, I would love to be able to read these quotes from Calvin for myself. You mentioned that alot of these come from his own writings... can you please reference the books or volumes they are from? I cannot find some of the quotes by doing a google search... would love to know your resources on these. Would be a huge help for me when I am trying to share against the theology of Calvinism.
You will want to check out the book "The Trouble With Calvinism.: Why I Am No Longer A Calvinist" by Jack Brooks and "Why I Am Not a Calvinist" by Joseph R. Dongell and Jerry L. Walls
Never actually heard of Evanescent Grace until this week… I had been talking with my wife about; if people are false converts and self-deceived, they can only be such by God’s own decree… I didn’t know it was an actual doctrine. I thought it was just a wild logical conclusion. I’m sure I just don’t understand Calvinism though 😉
It is a wild speculation and is not a doctrine of scripture, only a doctrine of Calvin. A god that plays games with grace and does not actually desire them to be saved, that god is not the God of the Bible.
Yeah... I guess you're just not one of God's elect. God has blinded your eyes to the truth. (I'm being sarcastic, of course. I really despise Calvanistic doctrine as I've found it to be very damaging.)
I'll pray for you. Just ask God for forgiveness of your sins, and walk in repentence. Ask God to give you His grace so that you will know how to live righteously and perfectly. It is a hard walk, and you must be extremely diligent and watchful of your heart. But the end result of that diligence is immeasurable peace and joy. If you sincerely come to God, and TRULY repent, you will be rewarded, and peace WILL rule in your heart.
@@BrotherMatthewCCT it was a new preacher ,and they quoted Calvin and Lewis more than Jesus , I'm going to speak to someone about it in the next few days plus pray on it ,I didn't sign up for Calvin but for Christianity
2 Corinthians 11:14-15 [14]And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. [15]Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
I feel like if people would at least acknowledge the flaws of the man then maybe I could at least understand him better, but seems people are too willing to absolve of all wrongdoing of the man. He was flawed like the rest of us. The big issue is people would want us to believe he never 'sinned', that is what must be focused on. Its assuming any of us are perfect. I am not saying we should have no discernment or judge, but I think we should realize our judgements are flawed.
Dear brother in Christ, thankyou for this informative video about John Calvin. There is something I'd like to mention, around 9:00 you said that God doesn't harden the hearts or keep some people from believing. (this is at least what I interpreted from what you said, I'm extremely sorry if I misunderstood you) I used to think the same way until I read Romans 9, it mentions how God DOES harden certain people to show His glory to others. (Think of Pharaoh during the time of Moses)
No I was saying that according to the Word of God that God does not predestine some to Hell - that they cannot be saved. Calvin says God predestines some to Hell, which is completely false. I recently did a walk through of Romans 9 during our exposition of the Book of Romans. That passage is not saying what you think when you compare it with the rest of Scripture. The reason God hardens some hearts is as Romans 1 states because they willingly go against the Lord and suppress the truth in unrighteousness so God gives them over to their lusts. It's not because God wants them to go to Hell, like Calvin thinks - ua-cam.com/video/xBdja60NeEI/v-deo.html
@@UniteAgainstEvil True. Did you know that in romans 9 paul uses several pictures to explain the hardening of Israel? In the example of pharaoh Israel is compared to him. Israel is Pharoah for the purpose of Paul's demonstration. Pharaoh hardened his own heart for every plague, each time he said, "no", until the plague, then he said yes, but under duress, then, when the plague passed he said, "no", once more. This pattern continued for nine plagues. He proved that he was so hardened that he would never relent. Had he said yes I believe God would have blessed he and his ppl mightily. Israel said, "yes", to God, then rebelled, until God brought about jusgement. They then turned back to God, only to turn away - again! The cycles continued until, (I'm told they were in the 5th cycle), christ appeared. They were hardened so that they couldn't understand jesus' message. I wondered why that was. Was it not a bona(good) fide(faith), offer? For one thing they, like pharaoh before them, repeatedly only said yes under duress, over and over again. The die had been cast. They had proven unfaithfulness was their preferred modus operandi. But then remember also that there is always a remnant in Israel of the faithful. (Sorry for digressing) Remember that between the 2 testaments was 400 years of silence? This silence was broken by Zachariah, John the Baptists Dad. Upon his birth Zach's tongue was loosed and he prophesied that the babe, John was shining the light of God to his ppl. That He was coming. When Jesus began His ministry, 30 years prior God had spoken to His ppl for the first time in centuries. The news would have spread like a flame through dried kindling. When Jesus came against the pharasees, He seemed extra harsh with them. I think it's bc not only were they rebellious and wicked, but also bc they knew He was coming - had been alerted to 30 years prior. But the faithful... In john 6:45b Jesus said whosoever hath >>heard>learned>willcan
In Exodus, Pharaoh hardened his heart several times first, and God gave him opportunities to repent. Then God began to harden, Pharoah also hardened, then God hardened
My Grandad was Hyper Calvinist, he said that you should never tell little children that Jesus loves them because He doesn’t love them if they are not the elect. It took me a while to completely ditch the baggage of Calvinism and to start to believe that God is actually a really lovely and beautifully kind character. God is so good. The one thing that I do wonder though is when the Fall happened, the world was cursed and thorns and pain came into the world, Disease and poisons, snakes got the ability to have fangs with venom ect. My point is that in this moment Evil was created within creation and a creation that was “very Good” was made/created bad. So God must have been involved in creating Evil? Or ….. is life without God able to mutate into evil and recreate itself
"is life without God able to mutate into evil and recreate itself" Yes, as scripture says "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?" God did not make our hearts wicked and able to do such wicked things and create such debaucherous and inhuman imaginations. Sin itself is the creating power of Hell, and with it follows all dark things. However, God did command the eating of meat, and by that we can see the ability to eat flesh was given by God to all creatures - and the ability to fight to defend oneself. Defense and eating are not sinful, but pain and death are the result of sin and not of God. It's an interesting topic
His own writings and doctrines, and there are tons of other books and documents stating these things. I'm also referencing from the book "Why I am no longer a Calvinist"
CALVINISM: The belief that..... 1. God causes all things, including sin, yet is not the author of sin. 2. God causes all things, including sin, yet gets angry at the sin that he causes. 3. God causes all things, including false beliefs, making Him a deciever, yet expects us to believe the Bible. 4. God causes all sinners incapable of responding to the Gospel, yet commands all sinners everywhere to believe the Gospel or go to Hell. MAKES PERFECT SENSE! 😊
You actually do get "baptismal regeneration" from a literal reading of the NT - I am not a Calvinist, Lutheran, Catholic, CoC, BTW. Col 2:12 "in baptism you were raised with Him through your faith in God who raised Him from the dead." What does "raised with Him" mean if not "regenerated?"
Titus 3:5) “Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;” This is referring to John 1:32-33) “And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him. And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.” The washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Ghost - Ephesians 1:13 - when the Spirit of God comes upon you and regenerates you from the death of sins and washes you clean of sin - Isaiah 1:18) “Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.” Why is Baptismal Regeneration NOT the Gospel of Jesus Christ? (i.e. water baptism for forgiveness of sins) The issue is adding to the message of Grace. Grace is no longer grace if we must do something to earn or attain. Baptism would be a righteous work as you don't have forgiveness until you do this thing, that until an action is done salvation is not complete - this is not Grace. Grace is the unmerited favor of God, that I didn't earn it, I don't deserve it, it's not a reward, but He gives it anyways because He so loves us. Ephesians 1:7&13 Salvation and forgiveness of sins is completed through Believing and Trusting in the Gospel of our Salvation. If Baptism is so important in that aspect, why didn't Jesus say so in John 3:15-18? Why didn't Paul say so in Acts 16:30-31? Why did Paul say that he was glad he didn't baptize any except a couple few? 1 Corinthians 1:14-16 Why did Paul say that "he does not come preaching baptism" if it is a requirement? 1 Corinthians 1:17 Also, Mark 16:16 says unbelief damns you, not unbaptism. 1 Peter 3:21 says that the water saves the conscience, not the soul. As it is an act of obedience, not gaining forgiveness of sins. And it doesn't put off the filth of the flesh (in Greek this is deeds of the flesh, as in 1 Corinthians 6 - sins of the flesh) Paul says salvation is wrought by confessing the belief of the heart in Romans 10:9-10 and doesn't mention baptism at all. And Philip the Evangelist with the Ethiopian eunuch - the Eunuch asks "what hinders me to be baptized?" and Philip says "if you believe, then you may" Acts 8:36-37 thus indicating AFTER belief one is baptized. Why? because belief is Salvation, salvation from what? What is one saved from? Salvation from what? Blood shed for what? Hebrews 9:22 the shedding of blood saves from sin - Ephesians 1:7 redemption through His blood by the riches of His GRACE - Ephesians 1:13 and this is done by trusting and believing the Gospel, not by Baptism. Baptismal Regeneration is not the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. Baptismal Regeneration would be a righteous works based system of salvation. Titus 3:5 - not by works of righteousness. Ephesians 2:8-9 By Grace are you saved by Faith, and that not of yourselves, it is a gift of God, not of works lest any man should boast. You don't earn it, you don't deserve it, it's not a reward, you can't work for it, you can't atone for it, you can't impress God by meriting it - you can only trust and believe by Faith through His Grace and accept Salvation by Belief in the merit and works and righteousness of Jesus Christ alone.
I Belief John Bunyan was a great teacher from bedford Great Brittain he sufferd many years in prison he wroth an amazing book ,,The Pelgrim Progress ,, He and his books are Superiour to Calvin and his books John Bunyan have visions
Little Johnny, God has predestined the minority of people to be saved and go to heaven forever, and He has predestined the majority of people to be eternally damned and burn in the fires of hell. We have no idea, little Johnny, if God has predestined you to be forever damned or forever saved. We love you, little Johnny, but we accept the fact that God might not love you, and that He may have plans to send you to hell for your future sins. If you do find yourself one day burning in hell because He hasn’t elected to save you, just remember that we will always love you, even if God hates you. Take comfort knowing that we are not like God. We will be in heaven forever only because we were unconditionally chosen for salvation before we were born. That would be the only reason that we won’t be in hell with you if you find yourself there. It won’t be because of anything we did. So also take comfort in knowing that. It may not seem fair, but who are we to judge God? So again, if you find yourself in hell, remember that we will always love you as we forever worship the God who loved us but who hated you, the God who sent His Son to die for us but not for you. Please, we ask, don’t let it bother you-if you find yourself in hell-that we love the God who hated you and showed you no mercy. We must accept the fact that God is sovereign, and He does what He pleases. My dear beloved Calvinist, will you teach that to your children or grandchildren? I suspect that your answer will be “never.” But why not? Why would you ever hide the wonderful “doctrines of grace,” the “Bible truth,” from your own children or grandchildren? TRUTH IN LOVE
Romans 8:29-30: "For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified." Someone please interpret this for me without involving predestination. I grew up Presbyterian, and was taught that the "point" of predestination is that we cannot even take credit for our own faith. Regardless of Calvin's character (or lack thereof) this still makes sense to me.
The calvinistic model of predestination is based on the false doctrine of Unconditional Election, so if we are trying to interpret this passage by viewing it through that false lens it will then not make sense and will contradict vast portions of Scripture - which will then have to be reinterpreted to fit the flow of calvinistic nonsense. Firstly, you can't just look at the word "Predestined" alone, you must pay attention to the full context. The "conformation of the image of Christ" is what is predestined, not the person, God has set and predestined the way of salvation. No person is predestined/elected before salvation - as that would imply that as they are the enemy of God condemned in their sins and heirs of Hell that they could not possibly go to Hell because of their sins - this contradicts the Word of God. Also, the idea that only a few are "predestined to be saved" contradicts the very Gospel of Christ and brings in Limited Atonement heresy and says that God does not actually desire all to be saved like the Bible says He does. I go over this in greater detail in my Bible study series of the Book of Romans - ua-cam.com/users/liveRO3GFg9G8ak?feature=share Also I have a whole playlist dedicated to refuting Calvinistic doctrines - ua-cam.com/play/PL3pJdCnnwrEdoBKyB-JPM-2fi05-9bXnB.html
Paul says, those God foreknew He also predestined ... this could mean God knows who will respond and chooses them. The clear scriptures saying God is not willing that any should perish, and that He is the Saviour of all men especially of those who believe, and the whole message offering life (see the last page of the Bible - whosever will), and commanding all men everywhere to repent ... is meaningless if God does not mean what He says ... A great 4 min video on UA-cam put it this way: Calvinism is wrong, Arminianism is wrong... Bible is right, God chooses, we choose, and not being God we may well never fully understand it. If I had to choose, Arminius was a godly man who sought after truth and to honour his Saviour, which I cannot say of Calvin. However I do not have to choose, as we need to follow the Lord, not Apollos, Cephas, Paul, Calvin, Arminius, Augustine, Luther, Wesley ... all servants of the Lord Jesus, all men, and apart from the writings of Paul and Peter, not inspired and not perfect.
Some of my favorite authors are firstly Charles Spurgeon and Leonard Ravenhill. Some others are - A.W. Tozer, J.C. Ryle, V. Raymond Edman, E.M. Bounds, Arthur Pink, Dr Martin Lloyd-Jones, D.L. Moody, George Mueller, and Andrew Murray Some specific books I'd recommend are - "They found the Secret" by V. Raymond Edman "Power through Prayer" by E.M. Bounds The complete Tozer collection - a book containing 3 works of Tozer A highly recommended book is - "George Mueller of Bristol" autobiography of the man of God George Mueller - describing a life lived by faith
Isn't the Devil redundant in Calvinism? Unless he's only there to test the saints. The unsaved are already doomed from birth, according to Calvinism, and can't come to God unless he regenerates them first, so Satan really doesn't have a part to play with the unsaved it seems.
Exactly, as Calvinism teaches God is the originator of sin and wills all evil and darkness, and all wickedness is a part of His sovereign plan. Therefore Satan is just the finger puppet of God in Calvinism
If you'd like to know more about the corruption of MacArthur and Calvinism, check out our playlist - ua-cam.com/play/PL3pJdCnnwrEdoBKyB-JPM-2fi05-9bXnB.html&si=RMmVAUedUnCzkGvq
If we don't listen to the entire Bible on Any subject either election or predestination or marriage or how to live . We will fall by the sword The Bible is the authority not man
Moses in the old testament Was in the transfiguration Altho he wasnt allowed into the promised land he was still saved so was King David in spite of his murder and adultery so maybe john calvin was saved also!
Moses and David sinned, yes. But they were repentant, and they believed the truth of salvation as God had given, but Calvin was neither repentant and neither did John Calvin believe the Biblical Gospel. He was a murderous, lying, slandering, Bible mocking, baptismal regenerationist - he believed that the waters of baptism were a mandatory requirement for salvation, that salvation is not by grace through faith but rather by faith + works according to him. Also- John Calvin on the Bible: In 1536 Calvin wrote: “The Bible is a knotty, difficult text, whose interpretation demands extensive knowledge. If brought into contact with it unceremoniously, many minds are upset and seized with confusion. The Bible is too old a text in too new a world.” Calvin beheaded a child for striking its parent. He imprisoned a man for dozing off during a sermon, and another man for smiling during a baptismal service. (The Minutes Book of the Geneva City Council, 1541-59. Translated by Stefan Zweig, Erasmus: The Right to Heresy). This aside from the several murders tortures, and banishments he exacted on people who expressed anything he didn't appreciate or which injured his ego. John Calvin caught his daughter and her husband and another couple wife swapping in a hayloft, and was witness judge and executioner the next day when they were burned at the stake. Calvin wrote that if he had not burned them, he would have had to burn himself for disobeying 'gods' law He is directly responsible for 58 executions, 14 of which were burned at the stake. Several hundred imprisonments. 76 decrees of exile. (“Calvin, the psychopath” by Rear Admiral Joseph H. Miller) UK Historian Paul Johnson in "A History of Christianity" cited John Calvin's arrest at age 18 for sodomy. He was the son of Alsatian nobility and so he was not jailed. Calvin however was allowed to go into the Catholic priesthood. Atrocities for which John Calvin was Responsible. The truth of the character of Calvin can be seen in the heretic Michael Servetus and others who were accused of violating his laws. Servetus was a scholarly theologian, and a renowned physician. He was condemned as a heretic by both the Roman Church as well as the Protestants for his rejection of the Trinity and infant baptism. He and Calvin corresponded for some time, but Servetus would not accept Calvin’s teachings on the Trinity. Calvin, having failed to convert Servetus, became vindictive and saw him as his devoted enemy. On February 13, 1546, Calvin wrote to his friend Farel “If he (Servetus) comes (to Geneva) I shall never let him go out alive if my authority has weight.” For seven years Calvin sought to capture and try Severtus. When Severtus made the mistake of returning to Geneva and attending one of Calvin’s services he was recognized and arrested and put on trial. Calvin wrote that he hoped the verdict in Servetus’ trial would be the death penalty. Calvin got his wish and Servetus was convicted of two of the thirty-eight charges brought against him. He was sentenced to be burned at the stake along with his books, and on October 27, 1553, his sentence was carried out. Outside of Geneva, he was taken to a hill and Nigg records that a “A wreath strewn with sulfur was placed on his head. When the sticks were ignited, a piercing cry of horror broke from him. 'Mercy, mercy!' he cried. For more than half an hour the horrible agony continued, for the pyre had been made of half-green wood, which burned slowly. 'Jesus, Son of the eternal God, have mercy on me,' the tormented man cried from the midst of the flames ...." It should be noted that Servetus was not a citizen of Geneva, but was only visiting the city. Thus, the misdirected piety of John Calvin claimed but another victim. Nigg said of Calvin, “He (Calvin) did not have the faculty for entering into another person’s ideas. Rather, he tended to decide arbitrarily that such ideas were diabolically inspired. . . no amount of human or historical broad-mindedness can bring us to excuse Calvin’s actions.”This should cause any logical and honest person to question how could this spiritually unsound man be the founder of Protestant Reformed theology. How could Reformed Theology hold him in such high esteem? Calvin, who had denounced Roman Catholicism for its false beliefs and practices, was giving French refugees asylum from the Inquisition in Geneva. He himself had also been condemned to be burned at the stake absentia, was now conducting his own Reformed Inquisition in Switzerland and personally had people put to death Calvin was a liar. When Calvin was being severely criticized after the burning of Michael Servetus he sought to defend himself by writing “There was spread abroad, in many places, a rumor, that this vain person (Servetus) was severely bound in prison: whereas, he was perfectly free, and flying about the city openly, every day. And with what malignity some virulent ones imagined and stated, that we wished him to be put to death, you are yourselves our best witnesses.” However, as noted above, long before Servetus came to Geneva and was murdered, Calvin was planning his death. God willed that man sin. John Calvin wrote "God, in a secret and marvelous way, justly wills, the things which men unjustly do." . . . "Although God and the devil wills the same thing: they do so in an utterly different manner." God does not want everyone to be saved He said that God did not will that all men be saved saying, “. . .that few receive the Gospel; we must fully conclude, that the cause, is the will of God; and that the outward sound of that Gospel strikes the ear in vain, until God is pleased to touch, by it, the heart within.” Calvin concluded that if God wills that all should be saved then they would be saved. This was the logical conclusion of his idea of predestinated salvation. However, this contradicts God’s own word. God says: “And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent” (Acts 17:30); "The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.” (1 Timothy 2:4); and “Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.” (2 Peter 3:9) Calvin believed that God was the author of evil and sin. John Calvin said, “For, unless there were this good, --that evil things also existed; those evil things would not be permitted, by the Great and Good Omnipotent, to exist at all. For He, without doubt, can as easily refuse to permit to be done what He does not will to be done, as He can do that which He wills to be done. Unless we fully believe this, the very beginning of our faith is perilled: by which, we profess to believe in God ALMIGHTY!'' The conclusion is clear that he believed that God was the author of evil because evil could not have existed unless God allowed it. He believed that God, in allowing evil, caused it. Calvin believed in baptismal regeneration. In 1536 Calvin had argued that faith is the only path to salvation regardless of a person's age, that infants can “possess faith in common with adults” from the time they are in the womb, and that therefore they can be considered legitimate candidates for baptism In The Institutes Calvin said, “For as God, regenerating us in baptism, ingrafts us into the fellowship of his Church, and makes us his by adoption, so we have said that he performs the office of a provident parent, in continually supplying the food by which he may sustain and preserve us in the life to which he has begotten us by his word.” He further stated, “. . . Baptism is, according to Paul, a seal of our future resurrection.” It must also be noted that he taught that baptism was initiatory sign that believers were admitted to the Church. However, he continues and says baptism “. . . is to be a sign and evidence of our purification, or (better to explain my meaning) it is a kind of sealed instrument by which he assures us that all our sins are so deleted, covered, and effaced, that they will never come into his sight, never be mentioned, never imputed.” Note the last part of his statement. Baptism is yes a sign, but it is not a “sealed instrument by which he assures us that all our sins are so deleted, covered, and effaced, that they will never come into his sight, never be mentioned, never imputed.” This certainly suggests Calvin believed in baptismal regeneration.
This is very good stuff. Just out of curiosity, what do you think of the depravity of man? I personally don't hold to it, and I believe that God gives you a way by His spirit to be a perfect man. I'm not looking for a debate here but am just genuinely curious as to what you believe.
Actually I just touched on that this morning in our study of Ephesians 1 - ua-cam.com/video/IJ2k2qCglwM/v-deo.html yes we are totally depraved, dead in trespasses and sin just like scripture says. All have sinned and fallen short, all are corrupted, none are righteous. We are heirs of Hell and enemies of God. However the Calvinistic idea ruins the Biblical teaching on this, they then add their own ideologies of there being free will and that we are so depraved we cannot even believe on Christ but that He has to save us against our will - where as Scripture says we must repent and believe - but Calvinism says No you can't, He elects you. They have completely corrupted that doctrine, and I discuss it more in that video
Even though he was surrounded by his friends around his deathbed. NONE of them even hit at repentance. He made a weak apology to his friends of his violent quick temper.
UK Historian Paul Johnson in "A History of Christianity" cited John Calvin's arrest at age 18 for sodomy. He was the son of Alsatian nobility and so he was not jailed. He was allowed to go into the Catholic priesthood, obviously a tortured soul. And we all know what happened.
Isaiah 45:7 where it says "I create evil" it's fine if you understand it's not written in English and Hebrew concepts like good and evil, righteousness and unrighteousness, iniquity, holiness etc. are far from the simple and inaccurate views in modern Christian thought.
Love was not in the heart of Jean Cauvin. I used to believe all those nice stories what great guy he was, etc x100. After several years and hundreds of hours reading & researching the works of Cauvin, I was continually shocked by the darkness, cold, twisted heart and mind. And this was not just a couple times, no no, he was consistently evil for the 22 years he controlled Geneva. But when you declare yourself the One and Only Voice of God on Earth and demand your words be declared as Holy Writ the same as authors of the Bible, you've got a humongous narcissist who answers to nobody and if you correct him you'll end up in his torture chamber. Yes, he had his own personal torturer. You are totally correct about no love in Calvinism. That's because there was zero love in Calvin's heart or soul. The main reason there is no love is because the Holy Spirit is not in Calvinism. That's why Calvinism so heavily set upon words on paper and ignores most everything Spirit driven.
At 5.07 you state that God never ordered the death of innocent children. Can you please explain Numbers 31 where the bible explicitly states that God ordered that all the baby boys of the Midianites be put to death, while the Israelites were allowed to keep all the nice stuff... The virgins, livestock, gold and silver. I have not been able to find any explanation for this chapter other than that the bible was inspired by God but not dictated and that the practice of those days influenced the Israelites to kill the baby boys, just like the pagan nations would have done. But I know that one should not think this way and so, I'm left with a huge question mark. How could a loving God have ordered the mass slaughter of innocent babies? I hope you can shed some light on this because, so far, nobody has been able to do that without making God seem really cruel.
I checked the time-stamp and I cannot find in the video where you say I said that statement. But I addressed your question in today's Q&A. - I start answering it at 1:27 - ua-cam.com/users/liveeP-YVYA2AyY?feature=share
@@BrotherMatthewCCT Thank you. I really appreciate and will set this evening aside for watching the whole Q&A video. I have no idea where I got that from about you saying the thing about babies. Now I can't find it in your video either. I may have gotten mixed up with someone else's video, which I can't find either. Quite frustrating. Anyway, going to tuck into your latest video now.
"Calvinism" was not called "Calvinism" before Calvin. Yet Calvin beheaded a child for striking its parent. He imprisoned a man for dozing off during a sermon, and another man for smiling during a baptismal service. (The Minutes Book of the Geneva City Council, 1541-59 (Translated by Stefan Zweig, Erasmus: The Right to Heresy)) This aside from the several murders, tortures, and banishments he exacted on people who expressed anything he didn't appreciate or which injured his ego. I can't imagine why anyone would want to associate with that creep regardless of what they believe.
Good stuff brother, if you read this by chance, could you expound on why so many preachers throughout the years think of him in high regard. I've learned a lot from reading Charles Spurgeon sermons , and now after watching this I think about the good report he gave of Calvin. Thank you Matthew
I actually addressed your question at the start of this mornings broadcast - ua-cam.com/users/livedowP_Jw2-ws?feature=share Also if you'd like more info on Calvinism VS Scripture please check out our playlist on refuting Calvinism - ua-cam.com/play/PL3pJdCnnwrEdoBKyB-JPM-2fi05-9bXnB.html
I think it’s the “perseverance of the saints bit” absolves the preacher and the believer of any real need to explain why Christian’s, so often, do bad things. If you persevere you are a saint if not you never were. Absolute claptrap. We all sin, even after we are saved, we are full of doubts and hypocrisy constantly failing, constantly apostatising in everything but word. I also think the “limited grace” gives calvinists an incredible amount of power over others. “If you are not one of us, there’s no Grace for you,” again rubbish, He is The Gate, not Calvin.
When I was saved in 1968, I was soon surrounded by Calvinists and it swayed my young mind. How I praise God that He delivered me from such godless doctrines. My cry was the same as King David, "Open my eyes, Lord, to the wonders of your word." I wanted His wonders, not satanic distortions.
Calvinists have tried for a long time to sanitize the man himself. Can't be done. Both he and his doctrines are monstrous, and patently unbiblical.
I've read lot's and lot's of books about Him, and I recommend other's to do it it's garbage.
Doing deep research into the real man in Geneva, Jean Cauvin, was one of the hardest projects I was lead to do. The #1 problem is having to dig through 400+ years of denial, sugar coating, twisting the facts of what Cauvin did and flat out omission of the evil he committed. It took 3 to 4 years and hundreds of hours digging through mountains of garbage to find the truth....the gold nuggets.
As time went on I got more experience at spotting key words that will do nothing but waste my time, so I could skip over the junk and find fruit faster. The deeper I got the more my jaw slammed the floor. The craziness was the result of letting one ignorant, ultra narcissist,, vindictive man be given the sole power of all things Bible and he was NOT allowed to be questioned or challenged. Geneva Council granted Cauvin's demands that he be declared "The One & Only Voice of God on Earth" and that allow his words/writings be considered as Holy Writ,, the same as the Bible's authors. Geneva with Cauvin enforced this by torture and the sword.
I could go for hours. After it slowed down, I reflected back and realized the Holy Spirit lead me to do this project. Doing any level of research or time spent was never close to my radar.
But now I see at least 2 purposes for this: 1/ to really learn what truly happened in the 22 years Cauvin ran rampant and 2/ as I was finally into the gold I began seeing more and more things in Cauvin/Geneva that I saw manifested in the denomination and community I grew up in, marinating in Calvinism 24/7. I saw the bizarre superstitions, the legalism that did not make sense, the high incidence of mental illness and child molestation. The pieces dropped perfectly into place like a laser cut puzzle. All this craziness and bizzarreness came straight from 1500's Geneva unaltered into the 20th century.
Then the REAL challenge formed....convince the true believers they are totally off the rails.
@@Baltic_Hammer6162 Wow, I've never heard those details. Which were your sources? I'm glad you came to see more of the truth. May God bless your pursuit.
They took over Protestantism in the United States big time. The Scots-Irish Presbyterians were Calvinists and they bred like rabbits
I am so shocked by this. Recently this has come into my church. I don't know what to. I am praying. Please pray for our church.
I have a whole playlist dedicated to refuting Calvinism - hope this can help.
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Hope you found a new church
Brother Matthew, I really cannot express how much I enjoy your weekly exposition of the Bible truths, I am praying for you and all our Canadian brothers in Christ during the current tyranny. Agape love from Florida!
Amen, brother. How any Christian can, in good faith, hold to Calvinism continues to blow my mind. It’s a deception that twists scripture by inserting unbiblical exterior beliefs into the scripture. Great video.
I was recently deceived by it I came out of it thank God he sent me some people my way and even used a john piper video where I noticed the beginning of romans made no sense to me with calvinism. That said I'm still struggling to understand how free will and God's sovereignty work together I think I might have to just submit that I won't be able to understand it until I can talk to Him face to face
Meanwhile we have a whole playlist dedicated to exposing and refuting Calvinism and showing what the Bible actually says, hope this helps. -
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I share your opinion
Have you ever listened to Leighton Flowers? He is wonderful at explaining the faulty theology of Calvinism. He was a Calvinist at one time.
I listen to Leighton on a regular basis. He makes a lot of good points for refuting Calvinism and I like his long format videos as I spend a lot of time driving for work and that’s mostly what I listen to.
Keving Thompson from beyond the fundamentals is also really good
The one thing that I never got about Calvinist theology is its overt emphasis on the sovereignty of God to the point that He became a real tyrant on all levels, even deciding who will go to hell and who will commit evil. That basically flouts the belief in God as Love, because love does not kill or destroy, even less so the sanctity of life.
"You will know them by their fruits".
God help us I do know them and they are wicked and powerful
Isaiah 45 the word evil in the Hebrew is "Calamity" God brings Calamity on the wicked and is angry with them all day. So according to Calvin, God Hates His own Will, yet has Decreed the very wickedness that He Himself hates and punishes. Calvinism is a man centered Religion where Bible Context Never Ever go together EVER.
God bless you man. I heard John McCarthy talk about God willing evil and I started to hate my God. For give me Lord.
who else wills it or intends it?
Watch the video?
I heard a lot about John McCarthy and how pure his message is. I intended to listen to him but haven't gotten around to it yet. However, if this is what his sermons are about, I'll steer clear. Calvinism has done enough harm to the impression I had of God, which thankfully, by His grace, I've overcome.
Brother Matthew, I just came across your video for the first time today; thank you so much for expounding on the heresy of Calvinism and it’s evil founder/historical roots. I’ve been negatively influenced by Calvinism through much of my adult life, but am thankful to hear other believers fight against this wicked cult. Look forward to more of your studies!
Same here. All I ever knew was the reformed church (Dutch Reformed Church) and I had so many misconceptions and guilt as a result that I can honestly say the Christian religion, wasn't good for my mental health. Fortunately, I started to suspect that Calvinism has something to do with this and I started looking into it. My relationship with God has changed completely since I started realising where all my negative and harmful concepts were formed. I'm also struck by how Calvinists seem to defend their position in, what appears to me, a loveless, self-righteous and arrogant way. If Calvinism isn't a heresy, then I don't know what is. And I believe that it's done more harm than good over the centuries, putting many people off from wanting to know God. I see it as a dividing doctrine, repelling people rather than drawing them into wanting to know and love God.
Amen brother, thank you for strongly coming against this destructive false doctrine. I’ve been influenced by Calvinism, but thankfully was never sucked into it fully. It’s absolutely terrible and has taken Christians and distorted their child-like faith.
I find many parallels between Calvinism and Islam. I’m so grateful you left Calvinism, brother in Christ! 🙏🏼✝️🕊️
How can Calvinist be secure in their faith knowing that later down the road god could harden their hearts for his glory.
exactly, Calvinism is a deluded deception
That leaves absolutely no "good news"; you just have to "presuppose" yourself as "truly" elect!
Calvinism (gnostic/ Mani based) is a spiritual attack on Gods character and word. 😢
John calvin was was a reprobate with gnostic ideas
I see a lot of unseemly traits in todays Calvinist’s
I swear some would stick us on the bonfire today if they could
Thanks for this teaching x
I agree. Lack of kindness and compassion and lack understanding of Gods Grace.
Super puffed up with knowledge...
I’m amazed that despite all this, Calvinism and it’s affiliated doctrine has went all through the church.
It hasn’t gone through the whole church.
It’s done this several times throughout the years. I saw this in the 90s. It kills churches and then gets rediscovered again when culture shifts. It has the appearance of devotion to the truth but doesn’t purge pride. It’s a reaction to the prosperity message. It’s the flip side of the same heresy.
@@danielletracyann If the church is in a religious building; Calvinism is in there somewhere. It is placed there to be the cornerstone of the One World Religion.
As far as the writings of Calvin I’m skeptical that many people are disciplined enough to read through them enough to grasp them. However, the fruit of the TULIP brings death to churches. It has the form of godliness but produces the fruit of pride. Jesus warns us to be fruit inspectors. Meekness is the fruit that comes from Christ’s righteousness.
So true! Calvinism is a slap on God's face!
Thank you Brother, I, like you, have been deep into this study, it's incredible to me how many are deceived by Calvin who do not consider the whole of the man. God Bless!
thew bible is alive, so is Lord Jesus & children as I was very young, still come to Him, Praise Jesus Name & person!
You have a choice!!
Deuteronomy 30:19
19 This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now "choose" life, so that you and your children may live
Read full chapter
Amen 🙏🙏🙏
Awesome video. John Calvin was a willing tool of the devil.
Good case againts Calvin bro.
Very well said! Amen
It might help (or not) to add that when we read the "Shema" (... the Lord is ONE), the ONE is more than monotheism but also expresses the absolute unity of His nature.
The Lord IS and what He does is completely based on His character and nature. This is hinted at when we read ... there is no shadow ...
His nature (His ways, that He revealed to Moses) are seen in His Works (revealed to the children of Israel).
I went to seminary and discovered (except in Greek and Hebrew classes) that we did not use the Bible as our primary source, but books written by men who had written what the Bible "meant"! And almost every book was by a Calvanist, or sympathetic to Calvin, author. NO ONE described Calvin's life when he had power.
Thank you, your voice is being heard and repeated far above the view count.
Calvinism is based on twisting the truth of the WORD of GOD and should be rejected in totality.
What other DECEPTIVE tactic would you expect from Lucifer and the fallen ones?...
Did Calvin ever repent from his "Calvinist Inquisition"? If not, well then the parable of the unmerciful servant comes to my mind.
There is no report ever given of him repenting of any of his teachings, his persecution and voice of murder, or of his blatant lies.
We haven't seen any record of any kind that Calvin ever repented of ALL the countless acts of evil he did in Geneva. He was surrounded by his "friends" on his deathbed and they never mention a peep about Calvin repenting.
Thank you for educating us
Thank you for making this crystal clear.
Brother you may have heard more on this than I have, but I heard that some of the court transcripts from his time in Geneva that have been translated demonstrate what type of tight tyrannical grip he held on the city and the atmosphere they lived under. I only heard this on a podcast so I’m uncertain to the reliability. Do you know anything about this?
Yes that is true, and has been documented and proven - that Calvin was a murderous tyrant and extremely influential in the legal processes of the time. He directly was involved and to blame for much of the horrific dealings that were given out. The following are just some of His atrocities -
Calvin beheaded a child for striking its parent.
He imprisoned a man for dozing off during a sermon, and another man for smiling during a baptismal service. (The Minutes Book of the Geneva City Council, 1541-59. Translated by Stefan Zweig, Erasmus: The Right to Heresy). This aside from the several murders tortures, and banishments he exacted on people who expressed anything he didn't appreciate or which injured his ego.
John Calvin caught his daughter and her husband and another couple wife swapping in a hayloft, and was witness judge and executioner the next day when they were burned at the stake. Calvin wrote that if he had not burned them, he would have had to burn himself for disobeying 'gods' law
He is directly responsible for 58 executions, 14 of which were burned at the stake.
Several hundred imprisonments.
76 decrees of exile.
(“Calvin, the psychopath” by Rear Admiral Joseph H. Miller)
So Calvin was a latter day Nicolaitan, condemned by Jesus in the Revelation.
Sir, I would love to be able to read these quotes from Calvin for myself. You mentioned that alot of these come from his own writings... can you please reference the books or volumes they are from? I cannot find some of the quotes by doing a google search... would love to know your resources on these. Would be a huge help for me when I am trying to share against the theology of Calvinism.
You will want to check out the book "The Trouble With Calvinism.: Why I Am No Longer A Calvinist" by Jack Brooks and "Why I Am Not a Calvinist" by Joseph R. Dongell and Jerry L. Walls
"What Love Is This" by Dave Hunt is also a great read.
Hunt includes tons of references.
I'm currently reading "TULIP and the Bible" by Dave Hunt.
@@BrotherMatthewCCTthe book by Dongell and Walls is good.
@@djohnson3093 Agreed
Never actually heard of Evanescent Grace until this week… I had been talking with my wife about; if people are false converts and self-deceived, they can only be such by God’s own decree… I didn’t know it was an actual doctrine. I thought it was just a wild logical conclusion.
I’m sure I just don’t understand Calvinism though 😉
It is a wild speculation and is not a doctrine of scripture, only a doctrine of Calvin. A god that plays games with grace and does not actually desire them to be saved, that god is not the God of the Bible.
Yeah... I guess you're just not one of God's elect. God has blinded your eyes to the truth. (I'm being sarcastic, of course. I really despise Calvanistic doctrine as I've found it to be very damaging.)
John Calvin is the spiritual equivalent to Karl Marx so far as I'm concerned. Lol
And he went to the same place as Marx
I had not thought of that, but it is true.
seeking prayer for light and removal of strongholds by sinful acts, and major depression. healing from sins filth
I'll pray for you. Just ask God for forgiveness of your sins, and walk in repentence. Ask God to give you His grace so that you will know how to live righteously and perfectly. It is a hard walk, and you must be extremely diligent and watchful of your heart. But the end result of that diligence is immeasurable peace and joy. If you sincerely come to God, and TRULY repent, you will be rewarded, and peace WILL rule in your heart.
What's that to gospel sounds like your calvin@@fixer2508
im just back from church ,and the preacher quoted John Calvin several times and its made me quite uncomfertable
That's what happens when heretical men are upheld in church, the Holy Spirit is grieved within us
@@BrotherMatthewCCT it was a new preacher ,and they quoted Calvin and Lewis more than Jesus , I'm going to speak to someone about it in the next few days plus pray on it ,I didn't sign up for Calvin but for Christianity
@@BrotherMatthewCCT it was a new preacher .quoted Calvin more than Jesus
2 Corinthians 11:14-15
[14]And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
[15]Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
We have to be careful who we listen to . We are blessed that we are living in a time where the Bible is so available
I feel like if people would at least acknowledge the flaws of the man then maybe I could at least understand him better, but seems people are too willing to absolve of all wrongdoing of the man. He was flawed like the rest of us. The big issue is people would want us to believe he never 'sinned', that is what must be focused on. Its assuming any of us are perfect. I am not saying we should have no discernment or judge, but I think we should realize our judgements are flawed.
Good video brother. Thank you for your work man. Really appreciated. 🙏
Dear brother in Christ, thankyou for this informative video about John Calvin. There is something I'd like to mention, around 9:00 you said that God doesn't harden the hearts or keep some people from believing. (this is at least what I interpreted from what you said, I'm extremely sorry if I misunderstood you) I used to think the same way until I read Romans 9, it mentions how God DOES harden certain people to show His glory to others. (Think of Pharaoh during the time of Moses)
No I was saying that according to the Word of God that God does not predestine some to Hell - that they cannot be saved. Calvin says God predestines some to Hell, which is completely false.
I recently did a walk through of Romans 9 during our exposition of the Book of Romans. That passage is not saying what you think when you compare it with the rest of Scripture. The reason God hardens some hearts is as Romans 1 states because they willingly go against the Lord and suppress the truth in unrighteousness so God gives them over to their lusts. It's not because God wants them to go to Hell, like Calvin thinks - ua-cam.com/video/xBdja60NeEI/v-deo.html
@@BrotherMatthewCCT thankyou so much for replying! I'm sorry I misunderstood you. I'll definitely check out the video
@@UniteAgainstEvil
True.
Did you know that in romans 9 paul uses several pictures to explain the hardening of Israel?
In the example of pharaoh Israel is compared to him.
Israel is Pharoah for the purpose of Paul's demonstration.
Pharaoh hardened his own heart for every plague, each time he said, "no", until the plague, then he said yes, but under duress, then, when the plague passed he said, "no", once more.
This pattern continued for nine plagues.
He proved that he was so hardened that he would never relent.
Had he said yes I believe God would have blessed he and his ppl mightily.
Israel said, "yes", to God, then rebelled, until God brought about jusgement. They then turned back to God, only to turn away - again!
The cycles continued until, (I'm told they were in the 5th cycle), christ appeared.
They were hardened so that they couldn't understand jesus' message.
I wondered why that was. Was it not a bona(good) fide(faith), offer?
For one thing they, like pharaoh before them, repeatedly only said yes under duress, over and over again.
The die had been cast.
They had proven unfaithfulness was their preferred modus operandi.
But then remember also that there is always a remnant in Israel of the faithful.
(Sorry for digressing)
Remember that between the 2 testaments was 400 years of silence?
This silence was broken by Zachariah, John the Baptists Dad.
Upon his birth Zach's tongue was loosed and he prophesied that the babe, John was shining the light of God to his ppl. That He was coming.
When Jesus began His ministry, 30 years prior God had spoken to His ppl for the first time in centuries.
The news would have spread like a flame through dried kindling.
When Jesus came against the pharasees, He seemed extra harsh with them. I think it's bc not only were they rebellious and wicked, but also bc they knew He was coming - had been alerted to 30 years prior.
But the faithful...
In john 6:45b Jesus said whosoever hath >>heard>learned>willcan
In Exodus, Pharaoh hardened his heart several times first, and God gave him opportunities to repent. Then God began to harden, Pharoah also hardened, then God hardened
My Grandad was Hyper Calvinist, he said that you should never tell little children that Jesus loves them because He doesn’t love them if they are not the elect.
It took me a while to completely ditch the baggage of Calvinism and to start to believe that God is actually a really lovely and beautifully kind character.
God is so good.
The one thing that I do wonder though is when the Fall happened, the world was cursed and thorns and pain came into the world, Disease and poisons, snakes got the ability to have fangs with venom ect.
My point is that in this moment Evil was created within creation and a creation that was “very Good” was made/created bad.
So God must have been involved in creating Evil?
Or …..
is life without God able to mutate into evil and recreate itself
"is life without God able to mutate into evil and recreate itself"
Yes, as scripture says "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?"
God did not make our hearts wicked and able to do such wicked things and create such debaucherous and inhuman imaginations.
Sin itself is the creating power of Hell, and with it follows all dark things.
However, God did command the eating of meat, and by that we can see the ability to eat flesh was given by God to all creatures - and the ability to fight to defend oneself. Defense and eating are not sinful, but pain and death are the result of sin and not of God. It's an interesting topic
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Where can I find the info given in the video? Calvin 1536 saying etc.
His own writings and doctrines, and there are tons of other books and documents stating these things. I'm also referencing from the book "Why I am no longer a Calvinist"
What Bible are you carrying in this video ?
$30 leather cover Bible I got from Amazon a few years ago. Kjv
Thanks mate, be encouraged and keep up the good work your being led into 👍
Amen, Calvinism is from theDevil
CALVINISM: The belief that.....
1. God causes all things, including sin, yet is not the author of sin.
2. God causes all things, including sin, yet gets angry at the sin that he causes.
3. God causes all things, including false beliefs, making Him a deciever, yet expects us to believe the Bible.
4. God causes all sinners incapable of responding to the Gospel, yet commands all sinners everywhere to believe the Gospel or go to Hell.
MAKES PERFECT SENSE!
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He seems to have been quite a tool in the devil's hand if you ask me.
Wow brother. Great Expos’e on Calvin. I never knew.
This is a very good video, strong bold proclamation of Gods word.
You actually do get "baptismal regeneration" from a literal reading of the NT - I am not a Calvinist, Lutheran, Catholic, CoC, BTW. Col 2:12 "in baptism you were raised with Him through your faith in God who raised Him from the dead." What does "raised with Him" mean if not "regenerated?"
Titus 3:5) “Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;”
This is referring to
John 1:32-33) “And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him. And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.”
The washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Ghost - Ephesians 1:13 - when the Spirit of God comes upon you and regenerates you from the death of sins and washes you clean of sin - Isaiah 1:18) “Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.”
Why is Baptismal Regeneration NOT the Gospel of Jesus Christ? (i.e. water baptism for forgiveness of sins)
The issue is adding to the message of Grace. Grace is no longer grace if we must do something to earn or attain. Baptism would be a righteous work as you don't have forgiveness until you do this thing, that until an action is done salvation is not complete - this is not Grace.
Grace is the unmerited favor of God, that I didn't earn it, I don't deserve it, it's not a reward, but He gives it anyways because He so loves us. Ephesians 1:7&13 Salvation and forgiveness of sins is completed through Believing and Trusting in the Gospel of our Salvation.
If Baptism is so important in that aspect, why didn't Jesus say so in John 3:15-18? Why didn't Paul say so in Acts 16:30-31? Why did Paul say that he was glad he didn't baptize any except a couple few? 1 Corinthians 1:14-16
Why did Paul say that "he does not come preaching baptism" if it is a requirement? 1 Corinthians 1:17
Also, Mark 16:16 says unbelief damns you, not unbaptism.
1 Peter 3:21 says that the water saves the conscience, not the soul. As it is an act of obedience, not gaining forgiveness of sins. And it doesn't put off the filth of the flesh (in Greek this is deeds of the flesh, as in 1 Corinthians 6 - sins of the flesh)
Paul says salvation is wrought by confessing the belief of the heart in Romans 10:9-10 and doesn't mention baptism at all.
And Philip the Evangelist with the Ethiopian eunuch - the Eunuch asks "what hinders me to be baptized?" and Philip says "if you believe, then you may" Acts 8:36-37 thus indicating AFTER belief one is baptized. Why? because belief is Salvation, salvation from what?
What is one saved from? Salvation from what? Blood shed for what? Hebrews 9:22 the shedding of blood saves from sin - Ephesians 1:7 redemption through His blood by the riches of His GRACE - Ephesians 1:13 and this is done by trusting and believing the Gospel, not by Baptism.
Baptismal Regeneration is not the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Baptismal Regeneration would be a righteous works based system of salvation. Titus 3:5 - not by works of righteousness. Ephesians 2:8-9 By Grace are you saved by Faith, and that not of yourselves, it is a gift of God, not of works lest any man should boast.
You don't earn it, you don't deserve it, it's not a reward, you can't work for it, you can't atone for it, you can't impress God by meriting it - you can only trust and believe by Faith through His Grace and accept Salvation by Belief in the merit and works and righteousness of Jesus Christ alone.
Can I get the source of this quote? 8:45 it's an incredibly interesting point of Calvin’s Personal doctrine
Sources are quotes from John MacArthur and excerpts from the book "why I am no longer a Calvinist"
I Belief John Bunyan was a great teacher from bedford Great Brittain he sufferd many years in prison he wroth an amazing book ,,The Pelgrim Progress ,,
He and his books are Superiour to Calvin and his books
John Bunyan have visions
I think Calvin preach Neo Judaism
Little Johnny, God has predestined the minority of people to be saved and go to heaven forever, and He has predestined the majority of people to be eternally damned and burn in the fires of hell. We have no idea, little Johnny, if God has predestined you to be forever damned or forever saved.
We love you, little Johnny, but we accept the fact that God might not love you, and that He may have plans to send you to hell for your future sins. If you do find yourself one day burning in hell because He hasn’t elected to save you, just remember that we will always love you, even if God hates you.
Take comfort knowing that we are not like God.
We will be in heaven forever only because we were unconditionally chosen for salvation before we were born. That would be the only reason that we won’t be in hell with you if you find yourself there. It won’t be because of anything we did.
So also take comfort in knowing that. It may not seem fair, but who are we to judge God?
So again, if you find yourself in hell, remember that we will always love you as we forever worship the God who loved us but who hated you, the God who sent His Son to die for us but not for you.
Please, we ask, don’t let it bother you-if you find yourself in hell-that we love the God who hated you and showed you no mercy. We must accept the fact that God is sovereign, and He does what He pleases.
My dear beloved Calvinist, will you teach that to your children or grandchildren?
I suspect that your answer will be “never.” But why not?
Why would you ever hide the wonderful “doctrines of grace,” the “Bible truth,” from your own children or grandchildren?
TRUTH IN LOVE
The Holy Spirit helps us "unlearned simpletons" understand Gods Word.
Great video, thank you very much , note to self(nts) watched all in it 16:33
Romans 8:29-30: "For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified."
Someone please interpret this for me without involving predestination. I grew up Presbyterian, and was taught that the "point" of predestination is that we cannot even take credit for our own faith. Regardless of Calvin's character (or lack thereof) this still makes sense to me.
The calvinistic model of predestination is based on the false doctrine of Unconditional Election, so if we are trying to interpret this passage by viewing it through that false lens it will then not make sense and will contradict vast portions of Scripture - which will then have to be reinterpreted to fit the flow of calvinistic nonsense.
Firstly, you can't just look at the word "Predestined" alone, you must pay attention to the full context. The "conformation of the image of Christ" is what is predestined, not the person, God has set and predestined the way of salvation. No person is predestined/elected before salvation - as that would imply that as they are the enemy of God condemned in their sins and heirs of Hell that they could not possibly go to Hell because of their sins - this contradicts the Word of God. Also, the idea that only a few are "predestined to be saved" contradicts the very Gospel of Christ and brings in Limited Atonement heresy and says that God does not actually desire all to be saved like the Bible says He does.
I go over this in greater detail in my Bible study series of the Book of Romans - ua-cam.com/users/liveRO3GFg9G8ak?feature=share
Also I have a whole playlist dedicated to refuting Calvinistic doctrines - ua-cam.com/play/PL3pJdCnnwrEdoBKyB-JPM-2fi05-9bXnB.html
Paul says, those God foreknew He also predestined ... this could mean God knows who will respond and chooses them. The clear scriptures saying God is not willing that any should perish, and that He is the Saviour of all men especially of those who believe, and the whole message offering life (see the last page of the Bible - whosever will), and commanding all men everywhere to repent ... is meaningless if God does not mean what He says ...
A great 4 min video on UA-cam put it this way: Calvinism is wrong, Arminianism is wrong... Bible is right, God chooses, we choose, and not being God we may well never fully understand it.
If I had to choose, Arminius was a godly man who sought after truth and to honour his Saviour, which I cannot say of Calvin. However I do not have to choose, as we need to follow the Lord, not Apollos, Cephas, Paul, Calvin, Arminius, Augustine, Luther, Wesley ... all servants of the Lord Jesus, all men, and apart from the writings of Paul and Peter, not inspired and not perfect.
Brother Matthew can I have a list of the books or source materials where you read from and any other materials you can refer me to
Some of my favorite authors are firstly Charles Spurgeon and Leonard Ravenhill. Some others are -
A.W. Tozer, J.C. Ryle, V. Raymond Edman, E.M. Bounds, Arthur Pink, Dr Martin Lloyd-Jones, D.L. Moody, George Mueller, and Andrew Murray
Some specific books I'd recommend are -
"They found the Secret" by V. Raymond Edman
"Power through Prayer" by E.M. Bounds
The complete Tozer collection - a book containing 3 works of Tozer
A highly recommended book is -
"George Mueller of Bristol" autobiography of the man of God George Mueller - describing a life lived by faith
wow that was great!!!!
It would be ironic if, after he met God, Calvin was informed he was not one of the elect.
Isn't the Devil redundant in Calvinism? Unless he's only there to test the saints. The unsaved are already doomed from birth, according to Calvinism, and can't come to God unless he regenerates them first, so Satan really doesn't have a part to play with the unsaved it seems.
Exactly, as Calvinism teaches God is the originator of sin and wills all evil and darkness, and all wickedness is a part of His sovereign plan. Therefore Satan is just the finger puppet of God in Calvinism
thats what I am....an unlearned farm boy lol
Good work
Very interesting it seems to be a very touchy subject. .Thanks for this video.
Interesting to know that,from my research, almost all of the " big name" pastors in the last fifty years have beliefs centered in Calvanism
If you'd like to know more about the corruption of MacArthur and Calvinism, check out our playlist - ua-cam.com/play/PL3pJdCnnwrEdoBKyB-JPM-2fi05-9bXnB.html&si=RMmVAUedUnCzkGvq
Thank you.
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Every pope has been a degenerate in one way or another, some were just beyond evil, like Pope Sylvester II
Calvin never moved beyond the Old Testament
Calvin didn't understand the Old Testament either.
@cherylallis2458 your comment is more accurate.
If we don't listen to the entire Bible on Any subject either election or predestination or marriage or how to live . We will fall by the sword
The Bible is the authority not man
Calvinist have no need for satan because their god does it all.
Moses in the old testament
Was in the transfiguration
Altho he wasnt allowed into the promised land he was still saved so was King David in spite of his murder and adultery so maybe john calvin was saved also!
Moses and David sinned, yes. But they were repentant, and they believed the truth of salvation as God had given, but Calvin was neither repentant and neither did John Calvin believe the Biblical Gospel. He was a murderous, lying, slandering, Bible mocking, baptismal regenerationist - he believed that the waters of baptism were a mandatory requirement for salvation, that salvation is not by grace through faith but rather by faith + works according to him.
Also- John Calvin on the Bible:
In 1536 Calvin wrote: “The Bible is a knotty, difficult text, whose interpretation demands extensive knowledge. If brought into contact with it unceremoniously, many minds are upset and seized with confusion. The Bible is too old a text in too new a world.”
Calvin beheaded a child for striking its parent.
He imprisoned a man for dozing off during a sermon, and another man for smiling during a baptismal service. (The Minutes Book of the Geneva City Council, 1541-59. Translated by Stefan Zweig, Erasmus: The Right to Heresy). This aside from the several murders tortures, and banishments he exacted on people who expressed anything he didn't appreciate or which injured his ego.
John Calvin caught his daughter and her husband and another couple wife swapping in a hayloft, and was witness judge and executioner the next day when they were burned at the stake. Calvin wrote that if he had not burned them, he would have had to burn himself for disobeying 'gods' law
He is directly responsible for 58 executions, 14 of which were burned at the stake.
Several hundred imprisonments.
76 decrees of exile.
(“Calvin, the psychopath” by Rear Admiral Joseph H. Miller)
UK Historian Paul Johnson in "A History of Christianity" cited John Calvin's arrest at age 18 for sodomy. He was the son of Alsatian nobility and so he was not jailed. Calvin however was allowed to go into the Catholic priesthood.
Atrocities for which John Calvin was Responsible.
The truth of the character of Calvin can be seen in the heretic Michael Servetus and others who were accused of violating his laws. Servetus was a scholarly theologian, and a renowned physician. He was condemned as a heretic by both the Roman Church as well as the Protestants for his rejection of the Trinity and infant baptism. He and Calvin corresponded for some time, but Servetus would not accept Calvin’s teachings on the Trinity. Calvin, having failed to convert Servetus, became vindictive and saw him as his devoted enemy. On February 13, 1546, Calvin wrote to his friend Farel “If he (Servetus) comes (to Geneva) I shall never let him go out alive if my authority has weight.”
For seven years Calvin sought to capture and try Severtus. When Severtus made the mistake of returning to Geneva and attending one of Calvin’s services he was recognized and arrested and put on trial. Calvin wrote that he hoped the verdict in Servetus’ trial would be the death penalty.
Calvin got his wish and Servetus was convicted of two of the thirty-eight charges brought against him. He was sentenced to be burned at the stake along with his books, and on October 27, 1553, his sentence was carried out. Outside of Geneva, he was taken to a hill and Nigg records that a “A wreath strewn with sulfur was placed on his head. When the sticks were ignited, a piercing cry of horror broke from him. 'Mercy, mercy!' he cried. For more than half an hour the horrible agony continued, for the pyre had been made of half-green wood, which burned slowly. 'Jesus, Son of the eternal God, have mercy on me,' the tormented man cried from the midst of the flames ...." It should be noted that Servetus was not a citizen of Geneva, but was only visiting the city. Thus, the misdirected piety of John Calvin claimed but another victim.
Nigg said of Calvin, “He (Calvin) did not have the faculty for entering into another person’s ideas. Rather, he tended to decide arbitrarily that such ideas were diabolically inspired. . . no amount of human or historical broad-mindedness can bring us to excuse Calvin’s actions.”This should cause any logical and honest person to question how could this spiritually unsound man be the founder of Protestant Reformed theology. How could Reformed Theology hold him in such high esteem?
Calvin, who had denounced Roman Catholicism for its false beliefs and practices, was giving French refugees asylum from the Inquisition in Geneva. He himself had also been condemned to be burned at the stake absentia, was now conducting his own Reformed Inquisition in Switzerland and personally had people put to death
Calvin was a liar.
When Calvin was being severely criticized after the burning of Michael Servetus he sought to defend himself by writing “There was spread abroad, in many places, a rumor, that this vain person (Servetus) was severely bound in prison: whereas, he was perfectly free, and flying about the city openly, every day. And with what malignity some virulent ones imagined and stated, that we wished him to be put to death, you are yourselves our best witnesses.” However, as noted above, long before Servetus came to Geneva and was murdered, Calvin was planning his death.
God willed that man sin.
John Calvin wrote "God, in a secret and marvelous way, justly wills, the things which men unjustly do." . . . "Although God and the devil wills the same thing: they do so in an utterly different manner."
God does not want everyone to be saved
He said that God did not will that all men be saved saying, “. . .that few receive the Gospel; we must fully conclude, that the cause, is the will of God; and that the outward sound of that Gospel strikes the ear in vain, until God is pleased to touch, by it, the heart within.”
Calvin concluded that if God wills that all should be saved then they would be saved.
This was the logical conclusion of his idea of predestinated salvation. However, this contradicts God’s own word. God says: “And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent” (Acts 17:30); "The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.” (1 Timothy 2:4); and “Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.” (2 Peter 3:9)
Calvin believed that God was the author of evil and sin.
John Calvin said, “For, unless there were this good, --that evil things also existed; those evil things would not be permitted, by the Great and Good Omnipotent, to exist at all. For He, without doubt, can as easily refuse to permit to be done what He does not will to be done, as He can do that which He wills to be done. Unless we fully believe this, the very beginning of our faith is perilled: by which, we profess to believe in God ALMIGHTY!'' The conclusion is clear that he believed that God was the author of evil because evil could not have existed unless God allowed it. He believed that God, in allowing evil, caused it.
Calvin believed in baptismal regeneration.
In 1536 Calvin had argued that faith is the only path to salvation regardless of a person's age, that infants can “possess faith in common with adults” from the time they are in the womb, and that therefore they can be considered legitimate candidates for baptism
In The Institutes Calvin said, “For as God, regenerating us in baptism, ingrafts us into the fellowship of his Church, and makes us his by adoption, so we have said that he performs the office of a provident parent, in continually supplying the food by which he may sustain and preserve us in the life to which he has begotten us by his word.” He further stated, “. . . Baptism is, according to Paul, a seal of our future resurrection.” It must also be noted that he taught that baptism was initiatory sign that believers were admitted to the Church. However, he continues and says baptism “. . . is to be a sign and evidence of our purification, or (better to explain my meaning) it is a kind of sealed instrument by which he assures us that all our sins are so deleted, covered, and effaced, that they will never come into his sight, never be mentioned, never imputed.” Note the last part of his statement. Baptism is yes a sign, but it is not a “sealed instrument by which he assures us that all our sins are so deleted, covered, and effaced, that they will never come into his sight, never be mentioned, never imputed.” This certainly suggests Calvin believed in baptismal regeneration.
Calvin was a despicable man!!!
In the case of Jean Cauvin the word "despicable" is only a starting point.
Good video man❤🎉
This is very good stuff. Just out of curiosity, what do you think of the depravity of man? I personally don't hold to it, and I believe that God gives you a way by His spirit to be a perfect man. I'm not looking for a debate here but am just genuinely curious as to what you believe.
Actually I just touched on that this morning in our study of Ephesians 1 - ua-cam.com/video/IJ2k2qCglwM/v-deo.html
yes we are totally depraved, dead in trespasses and sin just like scripture says. All have sinned and fallen short, all are corrupted, none are righteous. We are heirs of Hell and enemies of God. However the Calvinistic idea ruins the Biblical teaching on this, they then add their own ideologies of there being free will and that we are so depraved we cannot even believe on Christ but that He has to save us against our will - where as Scripture says we must repent and believe - but Calvinism says No you can't, He elects you. They have completely corrupted that doctrine, and I discuss it more in that video
John Calvin taught heresy ( lies ) and therefore died a heretic. Unless of course he repented of his heretical teachings
Even though he was surrounded by his friends around his deathbed. NONE of them even hit at repentance. He made a weak apology to his friends of his violent quick temper.
UK Historian Paul Johnson in "A History of Christianity" cited John Calvin's arrest at age 18 for sodomy. He was the son of Alsatian nobility and so he was not jailed. He was allowed to go into the Catholic priesthood, obviously a tortured soul. And we all know what happened.
Watching 4:51
Isaiah 45:7 where it says "I create evil" it's fine if you understand it's not written in English and Hebrew concepts like good and evil, righteousness and unrighteousness, iniquity, holiness etc. are far from the simple and inaccurate views in modern Christian thought.
Better listen to the Bible and not a confessions the Bible is the authority
What’s in your beard?
A couple beard beads, they're woven basket style made out of nickle
There is no real love in Calvin’s doctrine. But because Hod is love, there is no truth in the false gospel of Calvin.
Love was not in the heart of Jean Cauvin. I used to believe all those nice stories what great guy he was, etc x100. After several years and hundreds of hours reading & researching the works of Cauvin, I was continually shocked by the darkness, cold, twisted heart and mind. And this was not just a couple times, no no, he was consistently evil for the 22 years he controlled Geneva.
But when you declare yourself the One and Only Voice of God on Earth and demand your words be declared as Holy Writ the same as authors of the Bible, you've got a humongous narcissist who answers to nobody and if you correct him you'll end up in his torture chamber. Yes, he had his own personal torturer.
You are totally correct about no love in Calvinism. That's because there was zero love in Calvin's heart or soul. The main reason there is no love is because the Holy Spirit is not in Calvinism. That's why Calvinism so heavily set upon words on paper and ignores most everything Spirit driven.
At 5.07 you state that God never ordered the death of innocent children. Can you please explain Numbers 31 where the bible explicitly states that God ordered that all the baby boys of the Midianites be put to death, while the Israelites were allowed to keep all the nice stuff... The virgins, livestock, gold and silver. I have not been able to find any explanation for this chapter other than that the bible was inspired by God but not dictated and that the practice of those days influenced the Israelites to kill the baby boys, just like the pagan nations would have done. But I know that one should not think this way and so, I'm left with a huge question mark. How could a loving God have ordered the mass slaughter of innocent babies? I hope you can shed some light on this because, so far, nobody has been able to do that without making God seem really cruel.
I checked the time-stamp and I cannot find in the video where you say I said that statement. But I addressed your question in today's Q&A. - I start answering it at 1:27 - ua-cam.com/users/liveeP-YVYA2AyY?feature=share
@@BrotherMatthewCCT Thank you. I really appreciate and will set this evening aside for watching the whole Q&A video.
I have no idea where I got that from about you saying the thing about babies. Now I can't find it in your video either. I may have gotten mixed up with someone else's video, which I can't find either. Quite frustrating. Anyway, going to tuck into your latest video now.
He was not bad at chess, though.
Just a PSA that "Calvinism" existed long before Calvin. He is far from the originator of the doctrines for grace.
True, but he was the famous one that made it popular, by spreading the originator's work, the heretical gnostic Catholic Augustine
"Calvinism" was not called "Calvinism" before Calvin. Yet Calvin beheaded a child for striking its parent. He imprisoned a man for dozing off during a sermon, and another man for smiling during a baptismal service. (The Minutes Book of the Geneva City Council, 1541-59 (Translated by Stefan Zweig, Erasmus: The Right to Heresy))
This aside from the several murders, tortures, and banishments he exacted on people who expressed anything he didn't appreciate or which injured his ego. I can't imagine why anyone would want to associate with that creep regardless of what they believe.
john calvin is also a trinitarian..
You have to be born again
Calvinism is demonic
Good stuff brother, if you read this by chance, could you expound on why so many preachers throughout the years think of him in high regard. I've learned a lot from reading Charles Spurgeon sermons , and now after watching this I think about the good report he gave of Calvin. Thank you Matthew
I actually addressed your question at the start of this mornings broadcast - ua-cam.com/users/livedowP_Jw2-ws?feature=share
Also if you'd like more info on Calvinism VS Scripture please check out our playlist on refuting Calvinism - ua-cam.com/play/PL3pJdCnnwrEdoBKyB-JPM-2fi05-9bXnB.html
I think it’s the “perseverance of the saints bit” absolves the preacher and the believer of any real need to explain why Christian’s, so often, do bad things. If you persevere you are a saint if not you never were. Absolute claptrap. We all sin, even after we are saved, we are full of doubts and hypocrisy constantly failing, constantly apostatising in everything but word. I also think the “limited grace” gives calvinists an incredible amount of power over others. “If you are not one of us, there’s no Grace for you,” again rubbish, He is The Gate, not Calvin.